Morning News

Good morning...

Well...

The tourists have arrived in my little bit of back of beyond Brittany.

However, and this might be a coincidence...

Brittany's R number rises from 0.92 to 2.62 in just five days as the summer holidays begin.

For the full story... https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-cases-soar-in-frances-brittany-region-as-summer-holidays-begin-12030616

I live in Finisterre (which literally means "End of the World" - a very apt name) and we are one of two departments (counties) where the new face mask law is being brought forward.

It's going to be an interesting summer, me thinks.

It is certainly going to be a very hot weekend, that's for sure.

I'm going flat out to get all my work finished so that I can spend some time in the garden.

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Focus Ratings

It was forecast city at Focus Ratings yesterday...

And that generally indicates a good day for the ratings,

Which it certainly was.

Yesterday's Results

Here are the results in the Traffic Light Results PDF format... Yesterday's Traffic Light Results

Yesterday's Results, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 33.33%.

Yesterday's Live Ratings, show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 33.33%.

Yesterday's - Link to Follow - results for All Races (including previously unrated races), show a strike rate (for our top rated horse) of 30% from all 50 Races (including previously unrated races.)

The Overall Profit Index. If you had blindly backed every top three rated horse in all of the races you would have had 114.27 units returned to 136 units staked. The Overall Profit Index was, thus, -15.98%

Top Rated Horse - There were 15 winners from the top rated horses from 45 Races. If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 57.64 units returned to 45 units staked. The Top Rated Profit Index was, thus, 28.09%

2nd Rated Horse - There were 12 winners from the second rated horses from 45 Races. If you had blindly backed the 2nd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 48.63 units returned to 45 units staked. The 2nd Rated Profit Index was, thus, 8.07%

3rd Rated Horse - There were 2 winners from the third rated horses from 46 Races. If you had blindly backed the 3rd rated horse in all of the races you would have had 8 units returned to 46 units staked. The 3rd Rated Profit Index was, thus, -82.61%

Non Handicap Races - Top Rated Horse - There were 16 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 7 Top Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for Top Rated Horses) was 43.75%

Top Rated Horse - If you had blindly backed the top rated horse in all of the races you would have had 21.73 units returned to 16 units staked. The Top Rated Non-Handicap Profit Index was, thus, 35.81%

Non Handicap Races - Top Three Rated Horses - There were 16 non-handicap races yesterday. From these races there were 10 Top Three Rated winners. Thus, the Strike Rate (for the Top Three Rated Horses) was 62.5%

Forecasts

There were 6 forecasts yesterday.

Chepstow 12:15:00 - The CSF paid £9.40

Limerick 13:00:00 - The CSF paid €26.27

Limerick 13:30:00 - The CSF paid €7.53

Leicester 18:35:00 - The CSF paid £4.90

Haydock 19:25:00 - The CSF paid £3.51

Haydock 19:55:00 - The CSF paid £5.38

Investment Betting

There was one Investment Betting selection yesterday...

Chepstow - 12:45 -Speedful - 5th

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EarlyBird Ratings

There were three Diamonds and Gold selections yesterday...

Chepstow - 12:45 - Cliffcake (a Diamonds and Gold selection) - NR

Kilbeggan - 17:15 - Laura Bullion (a Diamonds and Gold selection) - 4th

Haydock - 18:55 - Mubtasim (a Diamonds and Gold selection) - 5th

Focus Ratings members can subscribe to these selections for free,

Just send me a mail and I'll set it up.

The selections normally come out about 5:30pm the evening before the day of the race.

PlaceProfits.com members - if you wish to receive the EarlyBird Ratings Diamond and Gold selections until the racing settles down and we start getting Place Profits selections again, just email me and I'll put you on the list.

You can see the independently proofed results for the EarlyBird Ratings Diamonds and Gold selections here... https://www.racing-index.com/tipsters/proofed/ebr-diamondsandgold.html

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Compass Ratings

There is no more racing in Hong Kong until Saturday 5th of September.

Many thanks to Chris D for reminding me of this.

During the quiet period...

I'll start looking at some of the statistics for the races so far this year.

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Spotlight Ratings

There are no Spotlight Ratings today.

I am only interested in rating the quality races and thus...

Am resisting the temptation to rate any old race that comes along.

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Ante Post Ratings

Later this week I shall be rating (well in advance) any decent races that need to be rated as part of my Ante Post Ratings service.

Obviously, you as Focus Ratings members will get access to these ratings for free.

I will be spending one day next week updating the Ante Post Ratings.

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Place Profits

There were two Place Profits selections yesterday.

Haydock - 19:25 - Lawahed - 1st @ 1.07
Haydock - 19:55 - Cold Front - 1st @ 1.08

The recent results be seen here... http://placeprofits.com/results/

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Something to make you smile...

Bad Behaviour

One day God was looking down at Earth and saw all of the rascally behavior that was going on. So he called one of His angels and sent the angel to Earth for a time.

When he returned, he told God, 'Yes, it is bad on Earth; 95% are misbehaving and only 5% are not.

God thought for a moment and said, 'Maybe I had better send down a second angel to get another opinion.'

So God called another angel and sent him to Earth for a time.

When the angel returned he went to God and said, 'Yes, it's true.The Earth is in decline; 95% are misbehaving, but 5% are being good.'

God was not pleased. So He decided to e-mail the 5% that were good, because he wanted to encourage them, and give them a little something to help them keep going.

Do you know what the e-mail said?

Okay, I was just wondering, because I didn't get one either.

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Today

Whatever you are up to today...

Stay safe and healthy.

As always...

My kindest regards